Parents were shocked to learn Friday that a well-known professional photographer of Broward County youth sporting events was charged with possessing child porn and having sex with a minor.

With his nearly 20-year-old business, Doug's Photography, Douglas Dow Eaton, 48, of Pompano Beach, was a frequent presence on campuses.

But the Broward Sheriff's Office said Eaton was not accused of harming children while on the job.

"There is no indication that he has victimized anyone he has met through his work," said Dani Moschella, spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff's Office.

Seven child pornography images were found in a computer seized from Eaton that showed girls estimated to be ages 8 to 13 who were displaying and touching their genitalia, a sheriff's report said.

"He is a photographer with a very good reputation, he has been in Florida all of his life and has no prior criminal history," Eaton's lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, said Friday.

Eaton was a freelance photographer for parents of children in some Fort Lauderdale sports programs and was a volunteer photographer for Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue, city spokesman Chaz Adams said.

Eaton was also an approved vendor for Broward County Public Schools, meaning schools within the district could hire him to record sporting events or other gatherings if they wished, spokeswoman Tracy Clark said.

He was a sponsor of the Broward County Athletic Association and sponsor of a BCAA cheerleading championship, according to its website. And he made pictures at some schools within the Archdiocese of Miami, spokeswoman Mary Ross Agosta said.

Eaton was being held in Broward's Main Jail on Friday on $101,000 bond.

While waiting for her 8-year-old son outside St. Anthony Catholic School in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, Ruby Garcia said: "It's awful."

Garcia said her boy plays flag football on the Destroyers recreation team in Holiday Park and was to have been photographed there by Eaton on Saturday, but the shoot was canceled.

"I worry about theft of my son's image, maybe his face getting put on another child's body," she said. "That's scary, the possibilities."

In June, Eaton contacted an escort service and a teenager was taken to his home, BSO's Moschella said.

Gottlieb said his client had used an escort service and was unaware that the girl was underage.

"Next thing we're going to do is enter a not-guilty plea and fight the allegations," Gottlieb said in court.

During its investigation of the underage sex case, BSO said detectives discovered pornography that depicted children.

BSO's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force/Human Trafficking unit had a search warrant to take computers, hard drives, memory cards, CDs, DVDs and other property from Eaton's home, documents state.

A detective found that child porn had been saved to Eaton's computer in June and July and that he searched for it on six separate occasions, the affidavit said.

He is charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a victim aged 12 to 16, relating to sexual relations with a 15-year-old escort who was paid $180; one count of procuring a minor for prostitution; seven counts of possessing child porn and one count of using a computer to compile/collect child porn, records show.

According to authorities, Eaton told investigators that he stumbled across the illegal images while searching online for pornography.

As for the teenage escort, "the victim was recovered by law enforcement and is no longer being sexually exploited," Moschella said. "We don't know if he requested a teenager [from the escort service] but we do know he had sex with a teenager."

Eaton has been hired to make portraits at schools, for families and teen models and worked at dances and weddings, Moschella said.

His lack of a criminal past means "there would not have been red flags for anyone doing a background check," according to Moschella. Broward Schools said Eaton passed criminal background screenings.

"As a freelance vendor with no responsibility for the supervision of children, Doug's Photography was not subject to a background check [by the city of Fort Lauderdale]," Adams, the Fort Lauderdale spokesman said, citing how Eaton worked outdoors while surrounded by parents, coaches and city staff.

Adams said no complaints were ever received about Eaton or his company. The city and the other organizations said they cut ties with him after his arrest.

Neighbors expressed surprise at his arrest. They described him as a quiet and considerate neighbor who helped clean the community pool, did landscaping and was the type to assist older residents with groceries without being asked.

"He's been a good resident, he's been a good neighbor," said John Aiello, the homeowners association president, who lives a few doors down. "We're not personal friends. He's very concerned about the community. He's been a positive factor, in my opinion, in the community."

Eaton didn't socialize much and was a bit of a loner, the neighbor said.